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Chinese learners move from characters to idioms as the highest level. This free resource explains 「撩蜂剔蠍」 below.

Introducing the Chinese idiom 「撩蜂剔蠍」: its meaning and application are provided for your understanding.

It is a metaphor for provoking evil people and asking for trouble.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

liáo fēng tī xiē

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

liu1/liu4 fung1 tek1 hit3/kit3

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